Minister for Labour (Ireland)
- Minister for Labour (Ireland)
The Minister for Labour was originally the name of a government department in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the extra-legal parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election. Constance Markiewicz was the first person to hold the post. The office was abolished in 1922.
The modern title of Minister for Labour was created by the [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1966_18.html Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966] as a member of the Government of Ireland. The position was for many years a low key ministerial position. In 1993 the minister became the Minister for Equality & Law Reform, in 1997 the functions of the minister were passed to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the abolition of the office.
List of office-holders
The asterisk (*) indicates ministers who held both the Labour and Public Service portfolios at the same time.
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